Your Weekly Guide to Fun Oct. 27 - Nov. 3

Stage Crafters Community Theatre presents its musical production of “The Fantasticks” Nov. 2-4 and 9-11 at the Civic Auditorium on Miracle Strip Parkway. Shows are 7:30 Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $20 and available at P.S. Gifts in Fort Walton Beach, Bayou Books in Niceville, at www.StageCrafters.com, or at the door of the performances. Discounted student tickets are available for $10 at the door of performances only.

Special to The Log

Published: Friday, October 26, 2012 at 12:15 PM.

Area codes are 850 unless noted.

Destin Festival of the Arts

DESTIN – The Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation will present the 17th Annual Destin Festival of the Arts from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 27 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 28 at Henderson Beach State Park. This signature event features more than 100 artists from around the United States who will exhibit in more than 18 different mediums competing for more than $9,000 in cash prizes. Other amenities are live musical entertainment, a bistro-style food court, Kid’s ArtStop and festival merchandise. A Collaborative Art Exhibit showcases more than 40 community artists representing students and adults. Admission is $3/adult and kids under 12 are free. Call 650-2226.

Piano recital

NICEVILLE – Northwest Florida State College piano professor Lois Van Dam will present a recital of selected works by the renowned composer Frederic Chopin at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 27 in the Tyler Recital Hall of the music wing at the Mattie Kelly Arts Center on the college campus. Admission is free, but donations toward the college’s piano fund will be accepted. Call 729-5382.

Grand and Exotic Car Show

SANDESTIN – Destin’s Grand and Exotic Car Show & Rally will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 27 in Town Center at Grand Boulevard. Presented by Motorfest Magazine and featuring the Destin Car Club and Smith Motorworks, more than 100 of the finest and most exotic cars around including Porsches, Lamborghinis, Lotus, Ferraris and Maseratis will line the boulevard. Admission is free. Proceeds benefit Children in Crisis. Register your car at www.MotorfestMagazine.com.

DESTIN – The Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation will present the 17th Annual Destin Festival of the Arts from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 27 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 28 at Henderson Beach State Park. This signature event features more than 100 artists from around the United States who will exhibit in more than 18 different mediums competing for more than $9,000 in cash prizes. Other amenities are live musical entertainment, a bistro-style food court, Kid’s ArtStop and festival merchandise. A Collaborative Art Exhibit showcases more than 40 community artists representing students and adults. Admission is $3/adult and kids under 12 are free. Call 650-2226.

Piano recital

NICEVILLE – Northwest Florida State College piano professor Lois Van Dam will present a recital of selected works by the renowned composer Frederic Chopin at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 27 in the Tyler Recital Hall of the music wing at the Mattie Kelly Arts Center on the college campus. Admission is free, but donations toward the college’s piano fund will be accepted. Call 729-5382.

Grand and Exotic Car Show

SANDESTIN – Destin’s Grand and Exotic Car Show & Rally will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 27 in Town Center at Grand Boulevard. Presented by Motorfest Magazine and featuring the Destin Car Club and Smith Motorworks, more than 100 of the finest and most exotic cars around including Porsches, Lamborghinis, Lotus, Ferraris and Maseratis will line the boulevard. Admission is free. Proceeds benefit Children in Crisis. Register your car at www.MotorfestMagazine.com.

FORT WALTON BEACH – To showcase the work of local artists, the Arts and Design Society presents exhibits in their studio windows facing First Street. In October, the work of Penny MacPherson, sculptor and painter in oils, will be on display. Call 244-1271.

Pastel Society Juried Exhibition

NICEVILLE – The Pastel Society of North Florida will host its 12th Biennial National Juried All-Pastel Exhibition Oct. 28 to Nov. 30 at Mattie Kelly Arts Center Galleries, 100 College Blvd. at Northwest Florida State College. The opening reception is at 2 p.m. Oct. 28. The exhibition is free and open to the public. For information, email artgalleries@NWFSC.edu or 729-6044.

Life's a Beach

FORT WALTON BEACH – The Arts and Design Society, 17 First Street, SE, hosts the exhibition of the Life's a Beach publications' annual cover competition, featuring colorful paintings reflecting the beach environment, from Oct. 30-Nov. 9. Gallery hours are 12-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 1-4 p.m. Saturday. Admission to the gallery is free and open to the public. Call 244-1271 or visit www.artsdesignsociety.org.

Baytowne on Ice

SANDESTIN – The ice skating rink at The Village of Baytowne Wharf will be open Nov. 1 through Jan. 31 at the Apex Broadcasting Skating Pavilion. For $10 guests can skate for an hour and a half. Skate rental is $2. The first hour of each day is reserved for "kids skate" for youth 12 and under. Season passes are available for $140. During November bring two non-perishable cans of food for Harvest House of Destin and receive a free skate rental. Call 816-682-1003 for times and special skating packages.

Tickets may be purchased at www.watercolorresort.com/florida-gulf-coast/mt-film.asp or at the gate. Single night admission in advance is $35/adult per night and $30/child per night. Two night admission in advance is $65/adult and $50/child. At the gate, single night is $45/adult and $40/child. Two night is $85/adult and $75/child. No outside food, beverage or coolers allowed in the MountainFilm Festival Gates. No pets allowed at this event.

Homecoming Air Show

PENSACOLA – The Navy’s Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, will close the 2012 season at their annual Homecoming Air Show Nov. 2 and 3 aboard Naval Air Station Pensacola. The show is open to the public and gate admission is free. Gates open at 8 a.m. each day.

The show begins at 9:30 a.m., with the Blue Angel Flight Demonstration Team scheduled to fly around 2 p.m.

A free concert after the Saturday show features Big and Rich, with guests Cowboy Troy and Bradley Gaskin. The opening act, "The El Dorados," take the stage at 4 p.m. No seating is provided, so bring chairs or blankets.